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Timeline Follow-Back
Abstract
Although the measurement of drinking is necessary for assessing and evaluating the treatment of alcohol problems, this key dependent variable has not always been reported in outcome studies. 1 – 3 Today, the issue is not whether to measure drinking, but how to measure drinking. Concerns about how best to measure drinking patterns and problems date back to at least 1926, when Pearl stressed the importance of separating steady daily drinkers from occasional heavy drinkers. 4 These keywords were added by machine and not by the authors. This process is experimental and the keywords may be updated as the learning algorithm improves.
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“Daily opioid dose over the past 14 days was assessed via the Timeline Followback method, a validated, structured approach for assessing daily substance use patterns that has demonstrated good test-retest reliability (Sobell & Sobell, 1992)”
From To be aware, or to accept, that is the question: Differential roles of awareness of automaticity and pain acceptance in opioid misuse (2023) · cites this paper as Sobell & Sobell, 1992
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“The TLFB has been determined to be a valid and reliable measure of alcohol consumption (see Sobell & Sobell, 1992 for a review).”
From Difficulties in emotion regulation in treatment-seeking alcoholics with and without co-occurring mood and anxiety disorders. (2018) · cites this paper as Sobell & Sobell, 1992
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“Alcohol consumption will be recorded at both visits using the Timeline Follow-Back method (TLFB; [68]) to obtain a baseline measure.”
In the citing paper
“The traditional TLFB has been shown to be psychometrically sound across a range of populations (see Sobell and Sobell, 1992 for a review), including social drinkers and persons with a diagnosis of alcohol abuse or dependence.”
From Acceptability and Co-Development of an Online Cognitive Bias Modification Intervention for Emerging Adults With Hazardous Alcohol Use and Social Anxiety: A Mixed Methods Study (2020) · cites this paper as Sobell and Sobell, 1992
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“The Alcohol TLFB has good psychometric characteristics with different drinker groups.”
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Psychometric theory (2nd ed.).
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A self-administered Short Michigan Alcoholism Screening Test (SMAST).
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Research Advances in Alcohol and Drug Problems
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Skinner, H. A., & Sheu, W. J. (1982) · Journal of Studies on Alcohol · doi:10.15288/jsa.1982.43.1157 · Cited by 802
Sobell, L. C., Sobell, M. B., Leo, G. I., & Cancilla, A. (1988) · British Journal of Addiction · doi:10.1111/j.1360-0443.1988.tb00485.x · Cited by 777
Self-citationReliability of alcohol abusers' self-reports of drinking behavior
Sobell, L. C., Maisto, S. A., Sobell, M. B., & Cooper, A. M. (1979) · Behaviour Research and Therapy · doi:10.1016/0005-7967(79)90025-1 · Cited by 721
Self-citationSobell, M. B., Sobell, L. C., Klajner, F., Pavan, D., & Basian, E. (1986) · Addictive Behaviors · doi:10.1016/0306-4603(86)90040-7 · Cited by 468
Self-citationThe SGOT/SGPT ratio?An indicator of alcoholic liver disease
Cohen, J. A., & Kaplan, M. M. (1979) · Digestive Diseases and Sciences · doi:10.1007/bf01324898 · Cited by 444
Research works printed but not linked: 5
- L. C. Sobell and M. B. Sobell (1991) Timeline Follow-back (TLFB) Manual and Instructions for How to Operate the TLFB Computer Software. (Addiction Research Foundation, Toronto), (in press).
- H. A. Skinner (1984) Instruments for assessing alcohol and drug problems. Bull. Soc. Psycholog. Addict. Beh. 3, 21–33.
- D. Cahalan (1973) Drinking practices and problems: Research perspectives on remedial measures. Public Affairs Rep. 14, 1–6.
- J. A. Samo, J. A. Tucker, and R. E. Vuchinich (1989) Agreement between self-monitoring, recall, and collateral observation measures of alcohol consumption in older adults. Behav. Assess. 11, 391–409.
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A Meta-Analytic Review of Psychosocial Interventions for Substance Use Disorders
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Psilocybin-assisted treatment for alcohol dependence: A proof-of-concept study
Bogenschutz, M. P., Forcehimes, A. A., Pommy, J. A., Wilcox, C. E., Barbosa, P., & Strassman, R. J. (2015) · Journal of Psychopharmacology · doi:10.1177/0269881114565144 · Cited by 1,151
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Pilot study of the 5-HT 2A R agonist psilocybin in the treatment of tobacco addiction
Johnson, M. W., Garcia-Romeu, A., Cosimano, M. P., & Griffiths, R. R. (2014) · Journal of Psychopharmacology · doi:10.1177/0269881114548296 · Cited by 914
“The TLFB is a self-report calendar completed retrospectively by participants indicating the number of cigarettes smoked each day (Sobell and Sobell, 1992).”
Background
Metadata
- Authors
- Sobell, L. C., & Sobell, M. B.
- Affiliations
- University of Toronto (CA)
- Venue
- Measuring Alcohol Consumption
- Publisher
- Humana Press
- Published
- 1992
- Pages
- 41-72
- OpenAlex
- W1475474724
- Cited by
- 4,110
- References
- 84
- Citations by year
- 2026: 162 · 2025: 207 · 2024: 199 · 2023: 178 · 2022: 179 · 2021: 213 · 2020: 249 · 2019: 217 · 2018: 210 · 2017: 218 · 2016: 216 · 2015: 206 · 2014: 193 · 2013: 188 · 2012: 154
- FWCI
- 25.29
- Type
- book chapter
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Humana Press eBooks (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Epidemiology › Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Applied Psychology › Psychological Testing and Assessment
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
- Keywords
- timeline follow-back, alcohol consumption measurement, drinking patterns, alcohol problems, treatment outcome assessment, heavy drinking, daily drinking
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